People v. Tubens

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered October 7, 1993, convicting him, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 17 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s argument that the court’s "two inference” charge diluted the People’s burden of proof is without merit since the charge in question concerns the factual inferences to be drawn from the evidence in the case and makes no reference to the standard required for conviction that was separately charged. In any event, the…